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Sweden has always been one of Bruce Springsteen's strongholds in the world since he performed there for the first time since 1975. Still, it was almost 30 years before the country got its first big Bruce convention. The event will take place on October 9, 2004, and will be located at Folkets Hus in Stockholm. In the afternoon there will be lectures, documentaries, an auction, and much more. And in the evening you can dance to live cover bands as well as recorded music. Read more on www.bosstime.se/konventet/. Read more

   

Campaigning for the Tillie face on Palace Amusement in Asbury Park did not end when the popular face was saved from demolition when the rest of the building was torn down. Amanda Hayden, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from New Jersey is now trying to have the face decorate a postal stamp. She has started a non-profit group and a website dedicated to have the image of Tillie immortalized on a stamp and thereby save a little bit of Americana. You can read about the campaign and sign the petition at www.tilliestamp.org. Read more

   

Here it is: the result of several months of hard work. We are proud to present you with the brand new version of Greasy Lake. Almost everything has been rebuilt from scratch and reorganized. The design is new, the structure is new, and you will find tons of new contents. The new version is based on modern database technology making it much easier for us to keep the site updated and enabling us to offer lots of new and better features for you, the users. Just check out the new concerts section, Magic in the Night. It now contains all known live performances by Bruce Springsteen and has an advanced search feature that will make your Bruce research easier and more effective. It will also be much easier for you to contribute with eyewitness accounts, pictures, link suggestions and more. In the coming weeks and months even more contents will be added, including articles, pictures, and much more. So whatever Bruce throws at us next, Greasy Lake is ready to meet the challenge. Bring it on! Read more

   

As most of you have probably heard, Bruce's involvement in the Vote For Change tour wasn't many days old before a "bocott Bruce Springsteen" campaign saw the light of day. Now the campaign has its own website at www.boycottbrucespringsteen.com, but so far the message board mostly has contributions from people who think the boycott is silly. Bruce, who hasn't been boycotted since the "American Skin" controversy in 2000, didn't give in to the boycotters' demands and is still on the bill for the October Vote For Change shows. Read more

   

Little Steven's Underground Garage Festival, which will take place today, Saturday August 14, will have Bruce among the co-hosts presenting the bands. Whether he will perform himself remains to be seen. The festival takes place at Randall's Island in New York City. Read more here. Read more

   

Earlier today Bruce Springsteen's camp issued a press release announcing Bruce's participation in the Vote For Change Tour. He and the E Street Band will perform at five shows, sharing the bill with REM, John Fogerty and Bright Eyes. The shows will take place according to the following schedule:

October 1: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
October 2: Gund Arena, Cleveland, OH
October 3 Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
October 5 Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, MN
October 8 TD Waterhouse Orlando, FL

Tickets for all shows will be sold on August 21. More info on that can be found on MoveOn PAC's website. The complete press release can be found on Bruce's official website.

A planned show in Miami with all the artists participating in the tour has fallen through. Read more

   

The election tour or the "Tour for Change" as it has been dubbed, is becoming official. Behind the tour is the organization America Coming Together, which has the declared goal to ensure President Bush's defeat in the November election. Bruce tells the Associated Press "We're trying to put forward a group of progressive ideals and change the administration in the White House". Apart from Bruce, artists like Neil Young, REM, Pearl Jam, and the Dixie Chicks will participate. More news with specific dates as we get them. Read more

   

In connection with the announcement of the Tour For Change, Bruce Springsteen will appear on Nightline, tonight, Wednesday on ABC. Ted Koppel will do an exclusive interview with Bruce, who will talk about "his own political activism and the fall election". Read more

   

After having existed for almost 25 years, Backstreets Magazine has finally gotten an exclusive interview with the man himself, Bruce Springsteen. The interview will be published on Backstreets.com later today and will not least focus on Bruce's decision to join the Vote For Change Tour. This is significant not only because it's Backstreets, but because it's the first time Bruce has ever directly addressed his hardcore fan base. So tune in on Backstreets dot com. Read more